• The UK has discovered Oakland with an Independent piece that chronicles the "moustachioed locals" that populate "California’s answer to Brooklyn," where an "industrial-scape provides a requisite frisson of edginess." Harrumph. [Independent UK]

  • Apple acquired San Francisco-based Topsy Labs for a cool $200 million, but is keeping mum about what it plans to do with the social web traffic analysis company and its alleged specialty in Twitter data. [SFBiz]

  • Archive Bar & Kitchen, a new pizza and mocktails joint, opened today on 2nd and Mission, complete with exposed brick walls and—you guessed it—Edison bulbs. [Eater SF]

  • Still harboring holiday stress? Is you're SFO-bound, you'll find some extremely cute therapy dogs on hand to mitigate travel tension. [SF Appeal]